Two Wigton Motor Club members have received long service awards from Motorsport UK.
Graeme Forrester
Graeme is known to most people within motorsport in the North of England and Scotland. He joined Wigton Motor Club in the 1960s and has been a mainstay of the club ever since. He has had many good committee members to support and offer him guidance, but he has been the mortar that has held the club together through lean times and good and brought the club to where it is today.
Graeme has been a member of various committees within Motorsport UK and has had the energy to ensure that the sport has prospered over the past half-century.
Ron Palmer
Ron has been involved in motorsport for around 60 years, attending his first club nights before he could drive. He started with the 750 MC (Cumberland) then CSCC, and for the past 30 years has been a committee member of Wigton Motor Club.
He has been involved in just about every event that Wigton Motor Club has run as an official and has developed touring events to a high standard – they always attract a full entry.
He was Clerk of the Course for the club’s three-day “Gallop” tours which have been running for 10 years. As a committee member and vice president, he has given wise counsel and advice to the club’s newest organisers. He still supports events as a marshal and has recently been awarded Life Membership of Wigton Motor Club.
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